The film marks the filmmaker’s tenth movie with De Niro and sixth with DiCaprio.
“And we’d tell [DiCaprio], ‘You don’t need that dialogue.'”
Scorsese described DiCaprio’s verbosity as “endless, endless, endless!”
Leonardo DiCaprio; Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese.Ethan Miller/Getty;Gareth Cattermole/Getty
whereas De Niro “didn’t want to talk.”
Last month,Scorsese told reportersabout the two actors’ distinct processes at a press conference.
“His method for me is a method of constant conversation, constant exploration.
With De Niro, it’s a little different.
Yes, there’s talking, but then there’s quiet.”
The filmmaker also explained how the two actors remind him of each other.
“He was also brave enough to go to places the way that Bob would difficult places.
[He had] a fearlessness about performing and trying anything.”
The film marks Scorsese’s tenth feature film with De Niro, and his sixth with DiCaprio.
Killers of the Flower Moonhits theaters Friday.
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